1.   Actually there is a faint trace of saccharine here.

2.   There are faint traces of tyre on the road, but no serious skidding.

3.   To her further annoyance she saw a faint trace of amusement in his eyes.

4.   He nodded, a faint trace of apology in his eyes.

5.   An examination of previous pictures of brown dwarfs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope revealed faint traces of the disks, which had been overlooked.

6.   But this city can be relentless in absorbing special events and leaving only faint traces.

7.   New techniques for reading the faint traces of the older text have accentuated its enormous importance.

8.   That effort seemed to raise a faint trace of a trademark giggle from her.

9.   The city, it might almost be said, is recovering faint traces of a normal existence.